Boston

A free speech rally this weekend in the Cradle of Liberty, Boston, and planned in July before the Charlottesville, Virginia clashes over Confederate monuments, was cut short by leftwing counter-protesters. This ought to say enough about the sad state of affairs for the rights of free speech and peaceable assembly. The First Amendment right of peaceable assembly has been with us for over two centuries but it makes little difference to left-wing activist groups.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Department of Justice has busted a scheme to produce false identification documents through the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. Some of the false identities and addresses were used to fraudulently register to vote in the City of Boston.

The American Freedom Defense Initiative's pro-Israel ads in Boston, countering anti-Israel ads that ran there, were rejected. AFDI sued and lost but will repeal. The ad read, “In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat jihad.”